Man shot early Friday in Peoria's West Bluff

A Peoria man was shot in the buttocks outside of his West Bluff apartment just after midnight Friday.

The victim told police that between 12:10 and 12:15 a.m. he was standing on the porch at 1223 N. Ellis St. when an unknown man approached armed with a shotgun, according to a Peoria police report.

The victim said that when he saw the gun he turned and ran up the stairs, heard one gunshot and was shot. He continued up the stairs to his apartment, where police located the victim, who was transported to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.